Table B.1: Estimated yearly operating costs of a zenith telescope using a 4-m liquid mirror (costs are in units of 1000.0 US$).
LABOR1
Site Maintenance 9.4
Site Engineering 7.4
Machinist (Skilled) 7.8
Operator ???
Total 24.62
UTILITIES1
Electric 1.5
Telecom 2.4
Propane 2.0
Overhead 1.2
Total 7.1
EQUIPMENT + CONSUMABLE1
Exabyte tapes 1.8
Safety 1.0
Miscel. Cons. 0.5
Shipping 5.0
Overhead 1.7
Total 10
Grand Total 41.73
1Appendix B discusses how these estimates were obtained.
2 Does not include operator(s) salaries.
3 Includes neither operator(s) salaries nor travel costs.

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